Category Archives: WJBC Top Sports

Home stand to conclude Sunday to determine series winner. (CornBelters logo)by Greg HalbleibNORMAL, Ill. - The Normal CornBelters, presented by Illinois Corn Farmers, used early offense to capture a 7...

Early innings hurt Chiefs on the road. (Peoria Logo) Cedar Rapids, IA - The Peoria Chiefs allowed seven runs over the first three innings and lost 9-2 to the Cedar Rapids Kernels on Saturday nigh...

Business owners in Clinton brace themselves for the closing of the power plant. (Blake Haas/WJBC) By PJ Baron BLOOMINGTON – Business owners in Clinton are preparing for the closing of the Clinto...

The State Farm Student Athlete Recognition Banquet will be on June 21 at the Holiday Inn in Bloomington. (Photo courtesy Bloomington Normal Sports Commission)By Eric StockBLOOMINGTON – More than...

Heartland had cut the athletic director position earlier this year. (WJBC file photo) By Adam Studzinski NORMAL – The decision to resign as coach of the Heartland Community College baseball team...

(Photo courtesy goredbirds.com) By ISU Sports Information IRVING, Texas – The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame announced the names on the 2017 ballot for induction i...

Brian Reese played on the 1993 national championship team at North Carolina. (Photo courtesy GoRedbirds.com) By WJBC Staff NORMAL – Brian Reese, who won a national championship as a player with ...

St. Louis manager Mike Matheny leads the Cardinals against Milwaukee. (Keith Allison/Flickr WJBC 1230 AM: 12:15 p.m. – Baseball - St. Louis at Washington  

The Peoria Chiefs never trailed in the Quad Cities. By Nathan Baliva Davenport, IA - The Peoria Chiefs never trailed and scored seven runs in the final three innings as they earned a 9-2 win over the ...

Andy Turner is ending his run at Normal Community. (WJBC File Photo) By Bryan Bloodworth NORMAL -Turner is retiring as athletic director at Normal Community and taking his talents to Maine South High ...